Customer Review

By Raymond A.
Friendswood, TX

We had a hard time getting your competitors to come out and give us a bid estimate. The one company that did submit gave us an estimate from goggle earth, sent the estimate through the mail and we thought it was considerably over priced.

Customer Testimonial

Thank you very much for sending your workers out during the storm to put the tarp on. I really appreciated that! Please go ahead with the roof replacement as was spelled out in your proposal.

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Andy N.
Bellaire, TX

Samuel Smith from Ernie Smith & Sons Roofing

Title: General Manager

Hometown: Santa Fe, Texas

Sam started his working life in a warehouse at 15 years old in a local feed store. He worked at Starbucks as a barista, part time in sales at Primerica Insurance, and weekends at Big Texas Dance Hall and Saloon as a doorman. He became a repairman at Ernie Smith & Sons Roofing at 17. He promoted to supervisor at 19, then transitioned into sales. He currently leads the company in marketing and special operations.

Sam holds FEMA certifications in Emergency Management, specifically National Incident Management System (NIMS) 100, 200, 700, and 800. He is a Courage to Be Safe graduate, and is State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Academy (SFFMA) Firefighter 1 certified. He is certified in the "Steep Slope Pro Field Guide Test" from GAF, and has passed other tests and classes in the industry, including training for Xactimate. He is a safety expert, passing the National Roofing Contractor's Association (NRCA) Roofing Industry Fall Protection testing.

Sam manages the company's marketing, advertising, and branding campaigns. He champions the company's community involvement, becoming members of local Chamber of Commerce's everywhere, entering business communities, and generally building the company's network wherever possible. He is intertwined in sales and production training, policy changes, and policy implementation.

In his spare time, Sam enjoys spending time with his wonderful wife and beautiful children. He is an avid nature enthusiast. He enjoys taking the boat on the water, fishing, hunting, camping, and all things football. You can find Sam on the weekends early in the morning, camera in hand, taking pictures of the world waking up. Or you can find him in the afternoons enjoying a glass of sweet iced tea, BBQing ribs and grilling his favorite New York Strip steak. "Go Texans!"

Videos from projects I was involved with:

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Company Awards

This aluminum roof in Baytown, TX was estimated originally at a high dollar amount. We worked with our customer and found a solution that used the money from his hail insurance claim and applied it towards an equal-cost luxury asphalt shingle from GAF - Grand Sequoia.

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After

This picture shows a house in Galveston, TX where we replaced the roof and we replaced the siding. The roof replacement went smoothly, and after we upgraded the structural integrity of the walls, the siding replacement went on smoothly as well. This homeowner in Galveston, TX is happy with his new roof and new siding.

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After

These before and after photos of this beach house's new roof in Galveston, TX were taken in April of 2017.

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This homeowner called us to replace his roof in Friendswood, and we agreed to a contract. Here are the before and after pictures of this roof replacement in Friendswood, TX.

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The homeowners contacted our office after an average hail storm passed over their neighborhood. They were worried about their roof, as they new it was already old. Our sales representative met the insurance adjuster on site, and the roof was approved as a total loss. We replaced the roof with new GAF Timberline HD Lifetime shingles, and the homeowners are highly satisfied customers to this day.

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This roof repair in Sugar Land, TX took just over an hour to finish, because the roof was over 10/12 slope.